Riding on it’s already established presence in the Nigerian market and
the huge successes recorded with the introduction of classy, user and
price friendly models like the M5, M5 mini, P5W, and S Plus devices,
GiONEE is now set to launch its new device the F103 pro in phone sales
outlets Nationwide after a very successful pre-order campaign.

Kourtney Kardashian is on the cover of the October issue of Cosmopolitan
Mag out on newsstands Sept. 6th. In the exclusive interview, the
reality TV star and mother of three opened up about why she doesn't let
her kids watch her show, Kim, Taylor Swift, and her relationship with
Scott Disick.

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff was impeached today Wednesday August 31 following a 61-20 vote by the country’s senate.

Senators broke into protest, cheers and applause after the electronic
voting, which went on for hours, was announced. Pro-impeachment senators
burst into a rendering of the national anthem,
some waving Brazilian flags, while allies of Rousseff stood stony face.

Chinakwe Joachim Iroko who was arrested on August 13th and arraigned
before a Sango Magistrate court for naming his dog Buhari has fulfilled
his bail condition and has been released from Prison custody. The court
in its ruling on August 22nd granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with
two sureties.

Even skin tone, spotless face and body, knuckles and underarms well
blended to match the rest of the body, spells perfection! Who doesn’t
want that glowing, clear skin? Come rain or sunburn, you can achieve it!

Ethiopian Olympic swimmer Robel
Kiros Habt was being branded a "whale" following his poor performance
at the Rio Games and his extra weight. He finished last in the
Preliminary Men’s 100m Freestyle heats at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

The 24 year old was the only one of the 59 entrants in the heats not
to complete the distance in under a minute. He was ranked 59th with a
time of 1 minute 4.95 seconds.

He qualified fourth in the men’s
100 butterfly, an event he’s won in each of the last three Olympic
Games. He’ll swim in the semifinals Thursday night and, in all
likelihood, the final Friday night.
Before
that, though, he will compete in his final race against rival Ryan
Lochte. The two will square off Thursday night in the men’s 200
individual medley final.
Phelps,
the most decorated Olympian ever, has already added three gold medals
to his name this week — in the 4x100 free relay, 200 fly and 4x200 free
relay.

Politics is still a hotcake in Nigeria. Checkout the names of political
parties you have never heard before or may never hear if not for INEC.

So the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had
cleared Osagie Ize-Iyamu of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 18 others
as candidates in the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo.Also
cleared, are Mr Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Amos Areloegbe, Labour Party and Oronsaye Richard, Mega Progressive
Peoples Party (MPPP). Continue.Other candidates on
the list are Mr Ishaka Ofemile, Action Alliance; Mr Andrew Igewmoh,
Advanced Congress of Democrats

Following the alleged refusal of the Federal Government to keep to its
agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the body
has now stated that it will embark on a nationwide strike from August
22.

Nigerian Air Force personnel in Kaduna have recovered 665
cows and 141 sheep/rams from rustlers in the Birnin Gwari area of the
State. The recovered cattle have been handed over to the State Security
Coordinator, Col Yusuf Yakubu.

The Greenland shark, a big and
slow-moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the frigid waters of the
Arctic and North Atlantic, can claim the distinction of being the
planet's longest-living vertebrate, with a lifespan perhaps reaching
about 400 years.
Its
extremely sluggish growth rate, about four-tenths of a inch (1 cm) per
year, had already tipped off scientists that it lived a very long time,
and research published on Thursday calculated the Greenland shark's
lifespan for the first time.

President Buhari today said the sudden fall in oil price in the
international market has made Nigeria to become a poor country. He said
this while speaking at a meeting with the executive director of the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and under secretary-general of
the United Nations, Babatunde Osotimehin, at the state House Abuja today
August 11th

King’s individual campaign ended
on Wednesday night when she finished seventh in the second semifinal of
the 200-meter breaststroke, but will compete, likely against Efimova,
in the medley relay on Saturday. Efimova reached the 200-meter final
with the sixth-fastest qualifying time, and swam in the first semi.
“You
know, I am not an emotional person,” King said, smiling, when asked if
Efimova’s tears at Monday’s

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief
Bode George, and the Lagos State governorship candidate of the PDP in
the 2015 election, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, will not suspend their ambitions for
the chairmanship of the party.

Barely two
weeks after the group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru,
disclosed that President Buhari had ordered the corporation to intensify
its search for oil in the North East region, oil explorers and their
machines have landed the region and are currently searching for oil.

A lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics of the Osun
State University, Ikire Campus, Dr. Wale Ojoniyi, is currently in
trouble following the release of a video tape of his alleged sex
escapade with a 400 level English student of the institution.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka today paid a visit to President
Buhari, in the State House, Abuja. They had a closed door meeting in the
President's office, at the Presidential Villa. Addressing reporters
after the meeting, Soyinka said, "I came to discuss national and
international matters, general matters, that’s all!" More photos after
the cut.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) today shot dead a suspect in an
anti-terror operation in the Canadian province of Ontario, according to
several media reports.

Canadian media reports
say police had raided a property in Strathroy, about 225km (140 miles)
south-west of Toronto and the 'terrorist suspect' named as Aaron
Driver, 24, was arrested last year for openly supporting ISIS on social
media.

RCMP said in a statement it had received "credible information of a potential terrorist threat".

"A
suspect was identified and the proper course of action has been taken
to ensure that there is no danger to the public's safety," it added.

"As
this is still an unfolding matter and the investigation is still under
way, we are not able to provide further comment at this time."

According to CTV network, his alleged plan was to use a homemade bomb to create mass casualties.

Driver,
a Muslim convert, came to the authorities' attention in 2014 for
tweeting in support of IS, using the alias Harun Abdourahman.

He was taken into custody and interrogated by police in July 2015 over concerns he would become involved in planning an attack.

Aaron was not charged, but released on bail and had to wear a GPS ankle bracelet and undergo religious counselling.

The program kicked-off with collation and screening in some regions in
Nigeria; there is still opportunity for people in the south west and
south east region of Nigeria to participate as registration closes
tomorrow Friday 12th August for Enugu and Lagos centres. Screening and
collation will then follow in Enugu on the 13th of August and in Lagos
on the 15th of August.

The business auditions with the international Judges
will then kick start after the collation and screening of all the 6 geo
political regions all across the country

(Meet the Judges).

AYEEN program holds a huge success record of identifying and
establishing entrepreneurs, funding start ups and existing businesses
with grants, training, mentorship, specialized skills scholarship and
tools for artisans .

An excited Toke Makinwa shared this lovely photo of herself on her IG page this afternoon & wrote

"When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them
that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with
singing. I haven't been this happy in years, my edges are grown, I'm
losing weight, making money, feeling great. I've got no drama!All is good and I owe it all to the big guy
upstairs💕💕💕💕 When God takes you thru the valley be rest assured that
it is a preparation for that glorious Mountain top.
#Godfidence🙏#Restoration #Redirection".

Reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother's Chloe Khan, who is also a
Playboy model stripped off, danced on a pole, ran through the house
naked with her fellow housemates watching, and then finally begged her
boyfriend for sex after having too many drinks on Wednesday night's
episode. This comes days after she was reported to have had sex in the
toilet with Stephen Bear, her boyfriend in the house.

“Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.” ~William Penn Adair

Have you been told that Ibeju Lekki axis where we have our Pen Gardens
Estate is becoming the new lagos with major developments and investments
like the New International Airport, Deep Sea Port, Dangote Refinery,
Dangote Fertilizer plant, Free Trade Zone, Pan African University and so
on.

And the beef goes on. Just a day after Vin Diesel confronted Dwayne
Johnson in his trailer for the derogatory comments he made on social
media, reportedly about him, (read here) The
feud is reportedly still "not resolved," as some crew members have
taken sides with The Rock, claiming that Vin is unprofessional and
arrogant.